Abstract: It's got everything you'd expect from a DVD-writer, including dual-layer DVD writing and reading, compatibility with both + and - formats, as well as support for lightscribe label burning.77% Rating:

CD Speed is a
CD/DVD-ROM benchmark which can test the most important features of an optical
drive. In this particular benchmark, we use a pressed CD-ROM with about 640MB of
data as the test disk. Using a CDR or CDRW as the test disk may impact the
results slightly, so a pressed disk is the standard testing tool.

Nero CD Speed: Data

Nero CD Speed: Data
Benchmark Results

Optical Drive

ASUS BC-1205PT

LG GSA-H62N

Lite-On
iHAS424

AOpen DSW1812P

Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164

Gigabyte GO-W1616A

MSI DR16-B

AOpen DRW8800

AOpen 5232 Combo

LG GSA-4082B

Disc Type

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Avg Speed

23.17x

33.4x

36.77

34.11x

28.94x

34.47x

28.93x

30.05x

36.07x

23.08x

Random Seek Time

138ms

122ms

100ms

88ms

85ms

124ms

100ms

113ms

87ms

108ms

1/3 Seek Time

149ms

118ms

115ms

99ms

84ms

126ms

109ms

111ms

88ms

142ms

Full Seek Time

267ms

115ms

122ms

140ms

142ms

209ms

155ms

154ms

132ms

195ms

CPU Use: 1x

0%

1%

1%

2%

3%

1%

1%

0%

4%

1%

CPU Use: 2x

1%

2%

2%

4%

6%

6%

2%

1%

2%

2%

CPU Use: 4x

2%

3%

4%

7%

3%

8%

4%

2%

3%

4%

CPU Use: 8x

4%

27%

4%

12%

7%

11%

7%

5%

7%

3%

Disc recognition Time

0.05s

10.68s

4.8s

8.34s

10.64s

12.4s

6.04s

8.73s

8.17s

7.68s

Disc Eject Time

1.22s

2.82s

2.21s

1.3s

1.92s

1.23s

1.85s

1.71s

1.4s

4.61s

Disc Load Time

16.54s

1.49s

1.1s

1.27s

1.18s

1.18s

1.32s

0s

1.03s

0.98s

The Lite-On
iHAS424 does a good job in this test as well, with the highest average speed of
any optical drives PCSTATS has tested so far.

CD Speed is a
CD-ROM benchmark which can test the most important features of a CD-ROM drive.
In this particular benchmark we use a pressed Audio CD with about 65 minutes of
audio on it as the test disk. CDROMs in general have a harder time processing
audio data, and hence the results can be drastically slower than equivalent
'pure' data tests.

Nero CD Speed: Audio

Nero CD Speed: Audio
Benchmark Results

Optical Drive

ASUS BC-1205PT

LG GSA-H62N

Lite-On

iHAS424

AOpen DSW1812P

Samsung WriteMaster SE-W164

Gigabyte GO-W1616A

MSI DR16-B

AOpen DRW8800

AOpen 5232 Combo

LG GSA-4082B

Disc Type

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

Audio

Avg Speed

24.65x

30.35x

30.44

33.19x

28.34x

30.04x

8.21x

24.02x

32.74x

18.46x

Random Seek Time

178ms

109ms

103ms

99ms

95ms

141ms

140ms

114ms

95ms

114ms

1/3 Seek Time

193ms

119ms

124ms

106ms

103ms

146ms

240ms

121ms

105ms

137ms

Full Seek Time

332ms

140ms

168m,s

159ms

175ms

276mx

272ms

171ms

186ms

204ms

DAE Quality

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

CPU Use: 1x

1%

1%

5%

1%

19%

12%

1%

1%

1%

1%

CPU Use: 2x

2%

2%

1%

1%

2%

3%

3%

1%

2%

2%

CPU Use: 4x

5%

3%

2%

3%

4%

10%

6%

3%

4%

5%

CPU Use: 8x

11%

5%

3%

6%

7%

15%

10%

7%

8%

9%

Disc recognition Time

0.03s

12.44

0.02

9.99s

8.46s

9.9s

6.17s

8.23s

6.59s

7.79s

Disc Eject Time

1.23

2.83

1.71

1.29s

1.92s

1.22s

1.79s

1.71s

1.04s

2.01s

Disc Load Time

15.38s

1.49

11.50

1.26s

1.26s

1.18s

1.32s

0.13s

1.41s

1.33

Here we go from stellar results to just
about average, with an average read speed of about 30x.